The sunroom of this repeat customer just underwent a makeover, piece by piece. A couple of years ago I slipcovered the little yellow slipper chair in the bottom right corner, along with two yellow accent pillows. Recently she had a couple of chair cushions recovered for her sunroom. They went from a faded red stripe cushion to a taupe/gray buffalo check. We also replaced the crumbling foam to give them new life.
It’s a nice balance between farmhouse and a classic modern trend. With the new cushions and the yellow slipper chair complete her loveseat felt a little left out still in it’s red stripe.
Toni and her husband decided to go with a solid stone-washed canvas in a charcoal grey. This beefy heavy weight canvas from Big Duck Canvas was prewashed to get out any remaining shrinkage. Because it is a blend it also did not wrinkle very much at all.
Design details included a French style seam on the back of the chair and cushions. The width of the fabric was over fifty-five inches, the length of home decorating fabric. So this decision was partly due to that and partly due to a design factor. It was just enough to break up the gray and give it some interest.
A skirt on the bottom of the loveseat with similar pleats covers the existing pleated skirt. A placket-concealed zipper in the center of the back allows Toni to easily remove and wash the slipcover.
We had just enough leftover buffalo check fabric to create a couple of small throw pillows to tie into to two side wicker chairs. Toni wanted a big bulky zipper on the back that was not concealed. In fact she wanted to have it be part of the design.
I chose a creamy white colored coat zipper with metal teeth and stitched it so that it showed on the charcoal colored back of the pillow. A fun little tassel finished the look (it looks green in this photo, but I promise it is gray). Sometimes it is all about the details. Now she has a beautiful sunroom that exudes a calmness with the gray loveseat, a little break and interest with the buffalo check cushions and the just the right amount of yellow to warm things up just in time for the warm weather. Do you have a favorite color that draws you in?
I got for a steal to put in my new workspace at the lake house.
My initial plan was to reconstruct them to fit and recover them. I decided it would be easier to just make new ones but would use them as a template on how to do it. I made a template of my chair seat and used a basic drop cloth for the fabric. I stuffed them with the batting from the purchased cushions so I would feel like I got my money’s worth. I then tufted them just like the original and put Velcro tabs to attach to the chair spindles instead of ties to keep it clean and simple. They turned out great! BUT….I forgot to get a picture before we left the lake, so you will have to wait a couple of weeks for an after picture.
So I slipped it off and threw it in the washing machine. It came out great, except I realized I never finished the seams so I had a messy inside of tangled strings. SO….I walked over to my serger and proceeded to serge all the seams. It looks so pretty and clean again. I can’t believe my serger is celebrating its first birthday and I am only now brave enough to use it. I LOVE it and can’t believe I got along all these years without out. Never again. It’s my new favorite thing.
